yet another newbie question
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yet another newbie question
First of all, I want to thank you guys for all the help. THis is my first 4-wheel drive truck, so I have lots to learn. The hubs on my truck are hard to engage. I've been searching the post on hubs, and I have found lots of info, except for how to remove the hub? Are these hubs on my 99 f250 superduty pressed onto the end of the hub? I haven't seen any screws that need to be removed. All the information on these post have made me concerned about these factory hubs. Are these factory hubs "junk?" Does everyone have trouble with their hubs? Do you have to beat these off with a hammer? One guy, hammer-drilled his and broke them in 2 pieces, just to get them off! Am I better off replacing my factory hubs with some warn hubs, or do i just need to clean my old ones. My truck has been up north, so everything metal have some surface rust on it. Nothing is rusted thru, but everything does have some corrosion on it. Does anybody have a trick to remove the hubs, without destroying them??
Thanks guys,
TB
Thanks guys,
TB
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If this is a manual 4x4 setup, just take off the hubs, soak them in ATF, dry them as much as possible, grease them, and reinstall. The ATF will get the **** moving again.
The stock manual hubs aren't a problem unless you are REALLY beating on the 4x4, but the auto hubs, well, my personal opinion is they were engineered by the devil himself.
The stock manual hubs aren't a problem unless you are REALLY beating on the 4x4, but the auto hubs, well, my personal opinion is they were engineered by the devil himself.
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Originally Posted by BFR250SD
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